KOKO!!!

Jen drags Dave's skinny little carcass out from under the mass of gorilla flesh know as Koko. "Jeeziz, Dave," she says "Thank gawd you fell onto your back! Since Koko got her CPR card, she's been unstoppable, and very likely to blow into any orifice that's pointing skyward. Yeah, she got her CPR training, where do you think she's been lo these many moons? She's finished her nursing degree at the Mudcat Community College. Yeah, she barely passed the written, but she aced the practicals, so they let her through....."

To illustrate, Koko takes a battered paper hat with the red cross out and places it on her head. She borrows a few bobby-pins from SINSULL, attaches it topside, and continues to flutter her eyelashes at Dave. Dave, meanwhile, drags his helmet full of jello towards the bar for a pick-me-up ("Hey, bartender, anything that'll get the taste of gorilla tongue outta my mouth...make it a double")

Koko retreats to a table in the back, mourning her lost love, but not for long. The tavern door flies open to reveal Euphemia D. Toepicker, sister to Albert Toepicker, and purveyor of fine "Pheemy Toes" cosmetics. She singles out the lovelorn primate in a sea of lovelorn primates and rushes to the table. Minutes later, Koko is barely recognizable under flourescent blue glitter eyeshadow and layers of "Kiss Me Kiwi" lipgloss. "There!" exclaims Euphemia, as she hands Koko the mirror. "Big Mick would never be able to resist you now..."

Over at the bar, JenEllen attempts to oversee the reconstruction of El Swanno. "Sure, it hasn't been attempted in years, but the fishnets still fit, right? Life is too short to not light yourself on fire. Besides, even if it does 'only cost a femur', we've got our own RedCross nurse and a half-way skilled veterinary osteopathic surgeon...what could go wrong?